Julian Simon’s Good Mood

Belief: possible

From this chapter:

As to the consequences of not doing what you think you “must,” ask yourself: Why must you finish college? Will you be unable to make a living if you don’t? Will people you like refuse your company if you don’t? Will you be a bad person if you don’t? Or do you think you must finish college because a relative once told you that you “must,” when you were a child?

You may experience an extraordinary sense of relief when you suddenly conclude that you don’t have to do something or be something you believed that you “must.” You can feel free as a bird and light as a feather after feeling weighted down and overloaded by the unwelcome burden. Try for yourself! Ask yourself honestly: Why must I do —- ? And what will happen if I don’t?

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